MADAGASCAR

The Merina (or Hova) Dynasty
1787 - 1810 King
Imboasalama Andrianampoinimerina, King of Imerina. b.
at Kaloy, 1740 (on the first day of the first month of
Alahamady), as Ramboasalamarazaka, third son of
Andriamiaramanjaka, of Anjafy and Kaloy, by his wife,
Princess Ranavalonandriambelomasina, daughter of King
Andriambelomasina, King of Avaradrano. Claimed to be
appointed as Heir Apparent by King Andriambelomasina and
instigated a rebellion during the absence of King
Andrianjafy from the capital in 1787. Induced the people
to acknowledge him as King of Avaradrano and Imerinatsimo
and assumed the reign name of Ampoinimerian
(Ampoin-i-Merina=the object of desire to Imerina).
Conquered Antananarivo in 1793 and made that city his
permanent capital, then extended his authority over
Imamo, Vonizongo, Vakinankaratra, and parts of Antsianaka
and Ankay. Unified Imerina under his sway, consolidated
the kingdom and imposed a centralised form of government.
(first) ca. 1787, Queen Rabodonimerina (d. 1794, bur.
Namehana), daughter of King Andriambelomasina, King of
Avaradrano, by his second wife, Queen Renibodonimerina.
m. (second) at Fandana, his cousin, Princess
Rafotsirahisatra [Rahisatra], daughter of Prince
Ramatsimanjaka, of Anosiarivo. m. (third) ca.
1797, his cousin, Queen Ratsimiantahanasoa (bur.
Namehana), widow of King Andrianamboatsimarofy, King of
Imerinatsimo, and daughter of King
Andrianjafinandrianmanitra, King of Avaradrano. m.
(fourth) H.M. Queen Ramiangaly, Queen Dowager in 1862 (d.
at Ambohipoloalina, 15th July 1879, bur.
Ankadimanga, Manjakandriana), daughter of
Andriankotonavalana, of Mandrosoa. m. (fifth)
Rasendrasoa (bur. Ambohitrabiby), daughter of
Andrianavalonakelimiaina, of Ambahivoraka, by his wife,
Rafotsirasoa. m. (sixth) before 1787 (div.)
and remarried, H.M. Queen Ramanantenasoa (m.
second, Andrianmanoro, by whom she had further issue, and
d. from illness in the Anatyvolo country, ca. July 1808, bur.
Alasora), daughter of Prince Andrianavalonjafy, of
Alasora. m. (seventh) ca. 1780, H.M. Queen
Rambolamasoandro (k. on the orders of Queen
Ranavalona I, at Antananarivo, 4th August
1828, bur. at Tanjondroho, Imarovatana, but
shortly afterward exhumed and her body left on Mount
Ambohimanoa to be devoured by dogs and birds), eldest
daughter of Rabezaka, of Anosinimerina, by his wife,
Queen Ramanandrianjaka II Ravorombato, Queen of
Imarovatana, elder daughter of Princess
Rabodofilankanina. m. (eighth) 1803, Princess
Ramatoaramisa [Ramisa], of Ambohitrinimanjaka (bur.
with her son at Rovan' Ambohitrinimanjaka), only daughter
of Prince Andrianilana, of Ambohitrinimanjaka. m.
(ninth) Princess Rasoamananoro (k. in an
explosion, at Mahazoarivo, September 1817 on the
same day as a great fire at Mauritius), daughter of
Prince Rainimanetaka, by his wife, Princess Rabodomanana,
of Anosimanjaka, second daughter of Queen Ramana
Andrianjaka [Ravorombato], Queen of Imarovatana. m.
(tenth) H.M. Queen Rabodozafimanjaka (k. by
poison, at Antsahadinta, bur. there), a widow,
elder daughter of Andriantsira, of Alsora. m.
(eleventh) 1803, his stepdaughter, Queen Ravaonimerina
[Ravao] (b. at Antananarivo; k. on the
orders of her husband, together with two of her children
by her first husband, ca. 1808), widow of King
Andriantomponimerinamandimby, King of Imarovatana, and
daughter of King Andrianamboatsimarofy, King of
Imerinatsimo, by his wife, Queen Ratsimiantahanasoa,
daughter of King Andrianjafynandrianmanitra, King of
Avaradrano. m. (twelfth) 1803, Princess
Ravaomanjaka, daughter of King Andriamaromanompo
[Ramaromanompo], King of Imerinatsimo. m.
(thirteenth) Razafitrimo, eldest daughter of
Rasoataolana, of Alasora. m. (fourteenth)
Ravolamisa (d. at Fenoarivo), daughter of
Rasoataolana, of Alasora. m. (fifteenth)
Ratoramisa (d.s.p. at Ambohijoky,
after 1881, having adopted the children of her sister,
Rafotsirahety), daughter of Rasoataolana, of Alasora. m.
(sixteenth) Rafotsirahety, younger sister of
Rafotisirabodomiralahy, and daughter of Rasoataolana, of
Alasora. m. (seventeenth) Rafotisirabodomiralahy
[Rabodomirahalahy] (m. second, 1810, Radama I -
see below, and d. after 1868), daughter of
Rasoataolana, of Alasora and sister of General
Ravalontsalama. m. (eighteenth) Razafinavalona (d.
at Ambohipananina, bur. Ankadimanga). m.
(nineteenth) Rabodonddainibe, daughter of Ramboamainty,
of Ambohimalaza. m. (twentieth) Rabodo (d.
at Ambohimalaza, bur. there at Antampon'
Ambohimalaza), a descendant of Prince
Andriantompokoindrindra, of Ambohimalaza. m.
(twenty-first) Rasendra (k. before 1828), a niece
of Rambolamasoandro. m. (twenty-second) Rasamona (m.
second, the Governor of Sisoanyl, by whom she had
issue), daughter of Queen Ramanantenasoa. m.
(twenty-third) Rafotsiraivoramiandra, daughter of
Ramboamasina. m. (twenty-fourth) Ravoandriana,
daughter of Rahiratra, of Ambahivoraka. m.
(twenty-fifth) Rafaravavy, daughter of Ramanitra. m.
(twenty-sixth) Ramaro. m. (twenty-seventh)
Ranavalonajafy (d.s.p.), former wife
of Andrianmbozvolaniray, and daughter of Rafaralahimbao,
of Andranovelona. m. (twenty-eighth)
Rafaravaviralandy, former wife of Rabetsira, and younger
daughter of Rafaralahimbao, of Andranovelona. He d.
at the Lapan' Mahitsielafanjaka, Rovan' Antananarivo,
before 6th July 1810 (bur. there at the
Tranomasina, Mahandrihono, and reinterred at the Tomb of
the Kings, Rovan' Antananarivo, 1897), having had issue,
eleven sons and thirteen daughters:Copyright© Christopher Buyers, December 2001 - July 2008